July 2011 Blog Posts (7)

Luke AFB is west of Phoenix and is rapidly being surrounded bycivilization that complains about the noise from the base and itsplanes, forgetting that it was there long before they were... A certain lieutenantcolonel at Luke AFB deserves a big pat on the back. Apparently, an individualwho lives somewhere near Luke AFB wrote the local paper complaining about a group of F-16s that disturbed… Continue

“THIS HAS NEVER OCCURRED BEFORE IN AMERICA”

This Country wasn't bought cheap.Thru many decades & centuries, our forefather's have strived & fought to bring peace & freedom. This country has brought home many a men and yes women from battle and some not so lucky.Freedom you would think would be so simple & a easy task to accomplish. But not true. Many lay in the graves & gone to heaven but are not forgotten. Some come back home ,and fit right back into life,some struggled to walk some struggle to even go another… Continue

There should not be a single vet that is homeless while we have housing sitting and rotting that could serve very well as temporary housing for those who have served!

As an example, the former Alameda Naval Air Station! Houses and barracks galore, sitting empty and no other use that the city can come up with right now! I mean come on now! How stupid and ignorant are the politicians and the military leadership and the VA?…

I was on the Gilmore (AS 16) in La Madd from '76-'78... and was given charge as ranking PM right out of "A" school. A big thank-you to PMC Mirckey (sp) for his leadership!

I was assigned to R-1 Carpenter Shop (64 A) and later went to Rubber and Plastics (57 B). I met a lot of great people co-ordinating with the Tech Library, Foundry, Machine Shop and others. There were some excellent R&R trips to Sicily,…